Regulations and Government
Aviation Groups Call on Congress To Avert Govt. Shutdown
Groups sent letter warning of the damage to aviation a shutdown would bring
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Fifty aviation groups sent a letter to congressional leaders warning of the damage to the National Airspace System a shutdown would cause. © Fotolia/trekandshoot

Aviation groups have intensified their calls to lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to avoid a government shutdown, sending leaders an urgent warning that halting federal operations at midnight would have many detrimental consequences.

“Government shutdowns harm the U.S. economy and degrade the redundancies and margins of safety that our National Airspace System (NAS) is built upon,” said a letter that 50 aviation stakeholders, unions, and trade groups collectively sent to House speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), as well as Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky).

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